chapter 11 Flashcards
the allies
France
Great Britain
Russia
US didn’t get involved until 1917
central powers
Germany
Austria Hungary
Ottoman Empire
the two reasons the US joined the war
sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman note
5 long term causes of World War I
Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination of the Archduke
tactic to get ships safely across the Atlantic
convoy system
president could claim that the American entry into WWI was moralistic when what country drops out
Russia
We claim that the war was democracies against brutal monarchies when the czar fails and Russia is in revolution
what was the date of the armistice
11/11/11/18
what is an armistice
a cease fire
truce
until treat can be drawn up
24 million men register under what act
selective service act
Eddie rickenbacker
American flying ace
Alvin York
AEF hero
war industries board
gained control over the economy by controlling raw materials and setting production quotas
propaganda
biased communication that George creel used effectively to get America behind the war effort
national war labor board
workers make more gains as a result of this board than they do as a result of strikes
two gains made by American women as a result of the war
more jobs
the vote, 19th amendment
the flu
more civilians died as a result of this than the war
epidemic swept across the globe as a result of soldiers coming home
killed 500,000 Americans and 30 million worldwide
most important of president wilsons 14 points
League of Nations
settles disputes peacefully by discussion rather than by gun
international organization for peace
Germany
accepted full blame for the war
war guilt clause was one of the reasons Germany continues to fight 20 years later
America
refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles
president Wilson was one of the leaders of the conference, however senate refused to ratify treaty on national ground
Henry Cabot lodge
senator was the leading opponent of the treaty
country that loses the most territory
Russia
drop out of war and not invited to peace conference
too weak to do anything about it
conscientious objector
a person who opposes war on a moral ground
religion
trench warfare
bogged down this kind of war
front never moved more than a few miles in either direction
nationalism
patriotism
devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation
